BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-11-11

Last updated on: 2025-11-12

Assigner: Wordfence

Description

The WP-OAuth plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'error_description' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-11

Last Modified

2025-11-12

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-11

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-12021

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
wordpress	wp-oauth	0.4.1

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-79	The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

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Executive Summary

The WP-OAuth plugin for WordPress has a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'error_description' parameter in all versions up to 0.4.1. This occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape input, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when a user is tricked into clicking a crafted link.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, or other malicious actions that compromise user security and trust.

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